I just hit 60 and nearing 8 days /played but I’m at ~810 gold with engineering/mining half way done or better and all of the engineering items (I think I spent around 150 about two weeks ago) besides reflectors/death ray. I also have just short of 100 Elemental Earth banked and quite a bit of Runecloth, Major Healing Potions, and Iron Grenades banked.

I had a late start and limited play time so I opted for a grind heavy route post level 29 (about 80% grinding 20% questing). Of course it would’ve been more efficient to emphasize questing/level quicker and then grind gold at 60 but I was afraid (confirmed last few days) that spots that were available then wouldn’t be now and I really wanted to test a few spots for grind potential.

About 500 raw gold and 3,000 in items but I've been playing a little too much lol

This game actually taught me what investing means lol. If you have gold sitting there then it's a waste, cause everyone around you is getting richer. Like inflation in real life if you use the gold to buy something then that item grows in value. Free gold. Lol

I am just starting to feel like I am getting the hang of this. I havent played for like 10 years. Last week I started to do what I usually do in person... that is study the financial market but within wow. I started testing a few theories out that I felt might work and from that point I had about 17g but 10g was given to me by my friend. Tonight I have a total of 107g (a week and a half later) I am a level 25 mage and this is my first toon. I had no idea what was normal. I dont even know how much my friend has I felt weird asking as this was RL lol. I do not farm for money usually. When I do it is just to double down on leveling and making money. I am usually very specific about what I am looking for. Most of what I do to make money would bore the hell out of people but i find it very interesting. Understanding the market and how to buy and sell things is what I do to make money. Plus with the covid19 going on I have plenty of time to do so. I wouldn't have been able to have money to grow without that 10g to start. That helped so much. You literally treat the auction house like the stock market. That's it. I mean there is a lot more details that make you successful but that's just what I do.

I'm quite unprofessional with my professions and auction house managing, though my leveling buddy is quite good with those fronts. I'm on a level 43 with 45 gold. Perhaps as I'll invest more time into gathering and watching over these things it will get better. Best investment so far was playing warlock and with that dodging the need to buy a mount on level 40, though I think I will buy it one day.

At this between all of my characters I think I have around 800g. Normally I would spend gold on helping to finish leveling my professions but this time I decided to take it slow. Still around 280 in both tailoring and enchanting.